salvage
verb/ˈsælvɪdʒ/
/ˈsælvɪdʒ/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they salvage | /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ /ˈsælvɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it salvages | /ˈsælvɪdʒɪz/ /ˈsælvɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple salvaged | /ˈsælvɪdʒd/ /ˈsælvɪdʒd/ |
| past participle salvaged | /ˈsælvɪdʒd/ /ˈsælvɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form salvaging | /ˈsælvɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈsælvɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- to save a badly damaged ship, etc. from being lost completely; to save parts or property from a damaged ship or from a fire, etc.
- salvage something The wreck was salvaged by a team from the RAF.
- The house was built using salvaged materials.
- salvage something from something We only managed to salvage two paintings from the fire.
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- salvage something to manage to rescue something from a difficult situation; to stop a bad situation from being a complete failure
- What can I do to salvage my reputation? (= get a good reputation again)
- He wondered what he could do to salvage the situation.
- United lost 5–2, salvaging a little pride with two late goals.
Extra Examples- Ministers are now trying to salvage the peace deal.
- Perhaps something can be salvaged from all this mess.
- making a desperate attempt to salvage something from the wreck of their marriage
Word Originmid 17th cent. (as a noun denoting payment for saving a ship or its cargo): from French, from medieval Latin salvagium, from Latin salvare ‘to save’. The verb dates from the late 19th cent.
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